Despite‚ The Jungle by Upton Sinclair showing a horrific struggle of America’s working-class‚ the federal government does not have the responsibility to enact policies or take action to help the situation of American workers. This can be deduced through the U.S. government’s tradition of laissez-faire as well as the principles stated in the U.S. constitution. The U.S government’s practice of “laissez-faire” is one aspect which makes it difficult to aid struggling workers. Laissez-faire is a policy
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written by Upton Sinclair was published in 1906. It exposed the meat factories and this novel alone‚ changed how the meats were handled and produced. Upton Sinclair exposed how terrible meat factories were. Instead of actually having a book full of fact to interest readers he made up a fictional story and to make it seem he was not targeting meat industries. Without the efforts of Sinclair‚ America would have slowly crumbled due to unsanitary meat and the diseases that it holds‚ and meat factories
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following subject. For many years‚ the meat packing industry of this town has provided many jobs and generated great amounts of commerce. However‚ the meat packing plants are the epicenter of a huge health risk to Americans everywhere. I recently read an expose called "The Jungle"‚ by . I had merely picked it up through a mutual friend out of curiosity‚ but was quickly wrapped up in reading of the atrocities of the Chicago meat packing plants. Take for example the rodent
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Upton Sinclair was born on September 20‚ 1878‚ in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ where his family had once belonged to the southern upper class but‚ at Sinclair’s birth‚ the family floated near poverty. Sinclair graduated from high school early and enrolled in the City College of New York at the age of fourteen‚ during his college years‚ Sinclair encountered socialist philosophy‚ and became an avid supporter of the Socialist Party. Sinclair published five books‚ he spent weeks in the city’s meatpacking plants
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Josel Wong Mr. Wear AP Language and Composition 5 November 2009 The Jungle Questions Part I 1. The wedding between Jurgis and Ona is an epitome of the various problems in Packingtown. The way the saloon keeper took advantage of the couple is representative of the dishonesty and thievery from the surrounding society. The crowd stranded outside the wedding symbolizes the helpless and hungry inhabitants of Packingtown. When the newlyweds allowed these people into the wedding they quickly transformed
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Meat Industry People all over the world eat meat for its nutritional value and taste. The United States Department of Agriculture reports that in the year 2011 people in the U.S consumed 25.6 billion pounds of beef. Most of this meat was produced in America. A Holistic approach to food production is important in order to improve the quality of beef. What we feed our cattle‚ the housing conditions and the slaughter procedure directly impacts our food. What the farmers feed cattle directly affects
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passages convincing? In the first selection Ida M Tarbell focused on the ruthlessness that John D. Rockefeller turned his oil business into. She despised the fact that he was taking over smaller Oil Refinery companies and gaining a monopoly over the industry. Her passage was convincing because she makes the reader feel bad for the Hanna Oil Company. Ms. Tarbell proceeds in doing this by stating all of the hardships that they faced and she even states in her article that Rockefeller truly was ruthless
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annotated the Jungle. I took several pages notes that highlighted what and where the characters and the plot were going. I also found 3 articles‚ the Meat Inspection Act‚ Sparknotes Context about the Jungle and‚ Electronic Code of Federal Regulations. These articles aloud me to understand what the meat inspection Act of 1906 ‚as well as‚ the understanding of Upton Sinclair’s life and why he wrote the Jungle. Conduct 3.5 I give myself a 3.5 on conduct because I demonstrated respect to others and I bring
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In the novel‚ The Jungle by Upton Sinclair‚ Jurgis’s alienation exposes society’s moral values. Jurgis Rudkins is a Lithuanian immigrant first arrives in America filled with optimism and strongly believes in the American dream. Slowly‚ his optimism dwindles after experiencing the harsh working conditions and corruption of capitalism. As he begins to distance himself from his family‚ he turns to crime and alcohol until eventually deciding to join the socialist movement‚ hoping for a better future
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Case Assignment 5: Working Conditions of the Meat Industry 20 June 2011 Recognition of the inherent dignity and of equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom‚ justice and peace in the world. Everyone has the right to life‚ liberty and the security of person. These few words pretty much sums up the mission of the Human Rights Watch (HRW)‚ an international non-governmental organization whose main focus is to ensure the wellbeing and the inherent
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